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Monday, February 22, 2010

The name given to the Capsicum fruits varies between English-speaking countries. Read about it under Synonyms and common names at Wiki. To know the names may be of great help especially now that there are so many recipes online and it could be from anywhere on this earth. When i was asked if i knew how to cook Chili, i answered that, yes, i do use chilly to cook and due to my ignorance, my answer must have been perplexing, just as the question was intriguing to me.

How did i get to use these 'sweet peppers' which are so good for stuffing? They are not spicy but sweet and the colors are so vibrant that they are too pretty to eat. Peng, a very dear friend who i am destined to meet and can be considered as my GIANT cooking partner(according to Renee, my grand daughter, who wrote an essay in class about 3 reasons to keep a giant in the house, and, one of them is that the giant can be my cooking partner). Yes, Peng, is my giant, not only is she an excellent cook, she is an excellent teacher and an authority in chinese and malaysian cooking. Any of you readers who are residing in Colorado Springs can attend her cooking classes which i can attest to that you will be able to cook up a storm after learning from her. I too learned alot from Peng,she is my GIANT consultant with a GIANT heart. She bought me several bags of 'sweet peppers' from Cosco and now i am hooked on these colorful peppers. Thank you, Peng for your generousity and all the valuable gifts you gave me which are most appreciated. Thank you again

Shell, devein, and rinse shrimp. Drain thoroughly and wipe very dry with kitchen towel.
Add shrimp to a food processor, using the metal blade, process for a few seconds, until shrimp is pasty, add in seasonings and process until paste is well mixed. . Set aside while you prepare the sweet pepper for stuffing.

Use a paring knife and make a slit on all the sweet peppers, then stuff the peppers with the shrimp paste.

Heat a little oil and pan fry the stuffed peppers with the shrimp paste down touching the oil and fry until brown. Do not crowd the pan, fry in batches.

To make the sauce:

Put the stock, oyster sauce and soya sauce in the wok and bring to the boil. Thicken with the cornstarch/tapioca starch solution. Add in pepper.

Put the cooked stuffed peppers into the sauce and cover the wok to finished cooking the shrimp paste.

4 comments:

Hi!my name is Anna and I saw your blog from another blog about recipes...your recipes look yummy! I would like to exchange our links. I write about travelling in Liguria (in Itally) and in this blog there is also a part where I write about Ligurian recipes. Have a look and let me know what do you think? the link is http://beautiful-liguria.blogspot.com/

Thanks for your generous and kind words except the reverse is true, you are the true giant in my kitchen! Always grateful for your advice and input, we are all better cooks because of your big heart ! You have been a true inspiration!Peng